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Portland OKs New Homeless Camping Rules That Threaten Fines or Jail in Some Cases
The mayor's office says it seeks to comply with a state law requiring cities to have “objectively reasonable” restrictions on camping.
Safety Lapses Contributed to Patient Assaults at Oregon State Hospital
A federal report says safety lapses at the Oregon State Hospital contributed to recent patient-on-patient assaults. The report by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services investigated a recent choking attack and sexual assault, among other incidents. It found that staff didn't always adequately supervise their patients, and that the hospital didn't fully investigate the incidents. In a statement, the hospital said it was dedicated to its patients and working to improve conditions. It has 10 days from receiving the report to submit a plan of correction. The hospital is Oregon's most secure inpatient psychiatric facility
Police Detain Driver Who Accelerated Toward Protesters at Portland State University in Oregon
The Portland Police Bureau said in a written statement late Thursday afternoon that the man was taken to a hospital on a police mental health hold. They did not release his name. The vehicle appeared to accelerate from a stop toward the crowd but braked before it reached anyone.
Portland Government Will Change On Jan. 1. The City’s Transition Team Explains What We Can Expect.
‘It’s a learning curve that everyone has to be intentional about‘
Governor Kotek Issues Statement on Role of First Spouse
"I take responsibility for not being more thoughtful in my approach to exploring the role of the First Spouse." ...
Over million in new funding will help build a behavioral health drop in center, expand violence prevention programs, and...
Scheduled for June 29th, the “Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington, D.C.: A Call to...
Legendary Civil Rights Leader Medgar Wiley Evers Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
Evers family overwhelmed with gratitude after Biden announces highest civilian honor. ...
April 30 is the Registration Deadline for the May Primary Election
Voters can register or update their registration online at OregonVotes.gov until 11:59 p.m. on April 30. ...
No criminal charges in rare liquor probe at Oregon alcohol agency, state report says
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Criminal charges are not warranted in the rare liquor probe that shook Oregon’s alcohol agency last year and forced its executive director to resign, state justice officials said Monday. In February 2023, the Oregon Department of Justice began investigating...
Truck driver accused of intentionally killing Utah officer had been holding a woman against her will
A truck driver accused of intentionally killing a police officer during a traffic stop on a Utah highway had been holding a woman against her will inside the cab of his truck, new court documents reveal. Michael Aaron Jayne, 42, is accused of driving his rig into Santaquin Police Sgt....
Defending national champion LSU boosts its postseason hopes with series win against Texas A&M
With two weeks left in the regular season, LSU is scrambling to avoid becoming the third straight defending national champion to miss the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers (31-18, 9-15) won two of three against then-No. 1 Texas A&M to take a giant step over the weekend, but they...
The Bo Nix era begins in Denver, and the Broncos also drafted his top target at Oregon
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — For the first time in his 17 seasons as a coach, Sean Payton has a rookie quarterback to nurture. Payton's Denver Broncos took Bo Nix in the first round of the NFL draft. The coach then helped out both himself and Nix by moving up to draft his new QB's top...
The Skanner News May 2024 Primary Endorsements
Read The Skanner News endorsements and vote today. Candidates for mayor and city council will appear on the November general election ballot. ...
Nation’s Growing Racial and Gender Wealth Gaps Need Policy Reform
Never-married Black women have 8 cents in wealth for every dollar held by while males. ...
Multiple recent announcements from the Biden administration offer new hope for the 43.2 million borrowers hoping to get relief from the onerous burden of a collective
Op-Ed: Why MAGA Policies Are Detrimental to Black Communities
NNPA NEWSWIRE – MAGA proponents peddle baseless claims of widespread voter fraud to justify voter suppression tactics that disproportionately target Black voters. From restrictive voter ID laws to purging voter rolls to limiting early voting hours, these...
Iowa county jail's fees helped fund cotton candy and laser tag for department, lawsuit says
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Civil rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on Monday accusing an Iowa sheriff’s department of mishandling the collection of jail fees, some of which helped fund recreational expenses like laser tag and a cotton candy machine at a shooting range. The...
UNC board slashes diversity program funding to divert money to public safety resources
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As North Carolina's public university system considers a vote on changing its diversity policy, the system's flagship university board voted Monday to cut funding for diversity programs in next year's budget. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
Plans unveiled for memorial honoring victims of racist mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A permanent memorial honoring the 10 Black victims of a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket will feature interconnected stone pillars and arches, and a windowed building where exhibitions and events will be held, community and elected leaders announced Monday. ...
Doug Liman, Matt Damon and the Afflecks made a heist comedy for Apple. 'The Instigators'
Filmmaker Doug Liman realized quickly he wasn't on his home turf anymore. Matt Damon, who he’d directed in “The Bourne Identity” over 20 years ago, had recruited Liman for his new movie “The Instigators,” an action-comedy about a heist gone wrong. Though two decades of...
Book Review: Coming-of-age meets quarter-life crisis in Fiona Warnick's ambitious debut 'The Skunks'
Usually when I see a book described as an “ambitious debut” I read it as a cop-out. Isn’t a debut inherently ambitious? What does that even mean? “The Skunks” is what that means. And Fiona Warnick makes it look effortless. A coming-of-age novel with a...
Police investigating shooting outside Drake's mansion that left security guard wounded
TORONTO (AP) — Police are investigating a shooting outside rapper Drake's mansion in Toronto that left a security guard seriously wounded. Authorities did not confirm whether Drake was at home at the time of the shooting, but said his team is cooperating. The shooting happened...
Charter flights for WNBA road games was an early Mother's Day gift for players with children
NEW YORK (AP) — Indiana's Katie Lou Samuelson says life as first-time mom got a littler easier with the WNBA’s...
Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation co-chair, 3 years after her divorce from Bill Gates
NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the...
Trump suggests Chinese migrants are in the US to build an 'army.' The migrants tell another story
NEW YORK (AP) — It was 7 a.m. on a recent Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a...
Greek and Turkish leaders seek to stress thawing relations but tensions remain under the surface
ISTANBUL (AP) — The leaders of Greece and Turkey met Monday for talks aimed at underlining their efforts to put...
Death toll up to 32 in South Africa building collapse but rescue efforts boosted by 1 more survivor
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams in South Africa forged ahead Monday with efforts to find more...
Belfast judge says parts of the UK's migrant deportation law shouldn't apply to Northern Ireland
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom's law to deport asylum-seekers shouldn't apply in Northern Ireland, because...
1. Justice While Black: Helping African-American Families Navigate
and Survive the Criminal Justice System
by Robbin Shipp, Esq. and Nick Chiles
2. An Obama's Journey: My Odyssey of Self-Discovery across Three Cultures
by Mark Obama Ndesandjo
3. Who We Be: The Colorization of America
by Jeff Chang
4. Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black
by Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC)
Foreword by Alfre Woodard
5. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
by Misty Copeland
6. One Nation: What We Can All Do to Save America’s Future
by Dr. Ben Carson and Candy Carson
7. Finding Your Roots
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
8. What the Word Be: Why Black English Is the King’s (James) English
by Diane Proctor Reeder
9. Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Final Year
by Tavis Smiley
with David Ritz
10. Culture Worrier: Reflections on Race, Politics and Social Change
by Clarence Page
Honorable Mention
Why Vegan is the New Black
by Deborrah Cooper
The Lawyer as Leader: How to Plant People and Grow Justice
by Dr. Artika R. Tyner
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
by Bryan Stevenson
Stokely: A Life
by Peniel E. Joseph
Brown Girl Dreaming
by Jacqueline Woodson
The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader
by Ida B. Wells
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Mia Bay
General Editor: Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Rise
Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery
by Sarah Lewis
Success through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple
by Russell Simmons
The Imperfect Marriage
Help for Those Who Think It’s Over
by Darryl and Tracy Strawberry
Inside the Hotel Rwanda: The Surprising True Story… and Why It Matters Today
by Edouard Kayihura and Kerry Zukus
Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy
Mother, and Still Came out Smiling (with Great Hair)
by Rosie Perez
The Global Obama: Crossroads of Leadership in the 21st Century
Edited by Dinesh Sharma and Uwe P. Gielen
Black and White: The Way I See It
by Richard Williams
Transforming Pain to Power: Unlock Your Unlimited Potential
by Daniel Beaty
Story/Time: The Life of an Idea
by Bill T. Jones
Place, Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America
by Sheryll Cashin
Old School Adventures from Englewood--South Side of Chicago
by Elaine Hegwood Bowen
The Man from Essence
by Edward Lewis with Audrey Edwards
Foreword by Camille O. Cosby
Nine Lives of a Black Panther: A Story of Survival
by Wayne Pharr
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
by Maya Angelou
Cosby: His Life and Times
by Mark Whitaker
A Black Gambler’s World of Liquor, Vice and Presidential Politics: William
Thomas Scott of Illinois, 1839-1917
by Bruce L. Mouser
Foreword byDr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
The Myth of Race, The Reality of Racism
by Mahmoud El-Kati
Our Ancestors, Our Stories
by Harris Bailey, Jr., Bernice Alexander Bennett, Ellen LeVonne Butler, Ethel Dailey, Vincent Sheppard and Dr. Orville Vernon Burton
Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons and Love Affairs
by Pearl Cleage
Yoga, Meditation and Spiritual Growth for the African-American Community
by Daya Devi-Doolin
How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the Path to the Middle Class
by John Hope Bryant
Foreword by Ambassador Andrew Young
The Justice Imperative: How Hyper-Incarceration Has Hijacked the American Dream
by Brian E. Moran, Esq.
Not for Everyday Use: A Memoir
by Elizabeth Nunez
This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible
by Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
America’s Music: Jazz in Newark
by Barbara Kukla
240 Ways to Close the Achievement Gap: Teachers Only Workbook (Vol. 2)
by M. Donnell Tenner, Joy Gay and Dr. Marti Dryk
Misdiagnosed: The Search for Dr. House
by Nika C. Beamon
Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights
by Robin Bernstein
Guiou: The Other Blacks - The Afro-Jamaican Presence in Guatemala
by Gloria J. Arnold
Dollar Democracy: With Liberty and Justice for Some
by Peter Mathews
Pageants, Parlors & Pretty Women: Race and Beauty in the 20th Century South
by Blain Roberts
Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir
by Toni Braxton
Thirty-Three Days of Praise: Seeing the Good in Cancer
by Karrie Marchbanks
